March/April1985
Talent Runs Deep Through Jr. Girls By Gary Anderson
already been to the following meets: Moscow-Riga, USSR in April of 1983, the TBS Meet, Tokyo, Japan in March of 1984, the Canadian Classic, the Catina Italy Invitational in August of 1984, and the very prestigious Chunichi Cup in Japan in November of 1984. Add this to her list of domestic meets with the Parkettes and one can plainly see Tracy has plenty of tough competition experience. Tracy seems to thrive on pressure. As the meets get bigger and down to the wire, Calore gets tougher. It is almost a killer instinct that she possesses when approaching an apparatus. Tracy likes to travel, read and collect mallards. Along with her gymnastics thrills and accomplishments, she was excited about her television appearance on the "Night of 100 Stars" aired March 10.
Editor's Note: Gary Anderson is the owner of the MarVaTeens Gymnastics school in Rockville, Md. He was also selected as a coach for the USA delegation to the Canadian Classic Junior girls meet. he closing ceremonies at the 1984 Summer Olympics brought with it the closing of several great gymnastics careers. Since the retirement of several of our senior national team members, the logical place to look for the "stars of tomorrow" is in the junior ranks. After coaching all 12 of the junior girls, along with Donna Strauss, at the July Canadian Classic in Calgary, Canada, it can be pointed out these are not only highly gifted and talented gymnasts but also outstanding individuals all sharing that Olympic dream. The Canadian Classic involved all 12 girls who competed against Canada, Japan and Italy. The USA won the team competition and in doing so showed a tremendous amount of depth, something that has been a weak spot in the US women's program for a long time. The 1984 team is now looking forward to the '85 season, which will see this particular group of girls split evenly among the Elite ranks. Four of them: Tracy Calore, Sabrina Mar, Heidi Brady, and Becky Johnson will all have to move into the senior division. Four of the girls will fall into the junior division. They are: Missy Marlow, Natalie Reske, Dee Dee Foster, and Susie Silverman. The remaining four will all be young enough (not yet 14 as of December 31, 1985) to be in the children's division. These gymnasts are: Phoebe Mills, Lisa Lazar, Kristie Phillips, and Karen Dalton .
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SABRINA MAR Sabrina Mar 1985 Senior Division Girls TRACY CALORE Tracy is the daughter of Delores and Tony Calore from Orefield, Pennsylvania. She was born February 22,1970 and is presently a straight A and honor roll student in the Allentown area. Calore is a member of the Parkettes, where she has trained for the past eight years. Bill and Donna Strauss, along with Robin Netwall and John Holman, are her coaches. Tracy has the distinction of being the only girl to have ever won the USA Junior National Championships twice, a feat not accomplished by either Mary Lou Retton or Dianne Durham. Tracy has not only made her mark nationally, but also internationally. At the ripe old age of IS, she has
Sabrina is a soft-spoken soon to be 15-year-old from Southern California where she is a member of the SCATS team. Her parents, Richard and Rose, are a great support cast to Sabrina, agree her coaches Mary Wright and Steve Gerlach. Her favorite event is bars as evidenced by her gold medal performance of 9.75 in the Canadian Classic. The Mars own a restaurant in Los Angeles' Chinatown, but mom says she is closing the restaurant and following Sabrina to Hong Kong should she ever be selected to compete in a meet there. Over the past year and a half, Sabrina has competed in England, South Africa and Canada and was a vital member of the USA's delegation in the 1985 Pacific Alliance meets in Reno, Nevada and San Francisco. When not in the gym, Sabrina likes music, especially Madonna and Duran Duran. She also has taken sevUSA Gymnastics
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